the “main” objective of the Ukrainian grain agreement is not “realized”, says Vladimir Putin

2023-07-15 16:28:41

Cover image: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds an online meeting of the Russian Security Council in Moscow on July 14, 2023. ALEXEY BABUSHKIN / AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ” OK with me “ on the extension of the grain agreement in the Black Sea, which expires on Monday evening, said his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Friday, which the Kremlin denied. Russia has made no statement regarding the extension of the agreement that allows the export of Ukrainian grain, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to the news agency. Interfax.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday urged Russia to renew the agreement on the transit of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea. « Si Moscou met sa menace [de ne pas proroger l’accord] if implemented, developing countries, including those in the region, will pay the price, including in the form of price hikes and worsening food shortages”Blinken told reporters in Jakarta.Russian forces hit Sumy Oblast 110 times in one day. The Russian army targeted this border region several times on July 14, firing on eight communities along the border, which caused 110 explosions, the military administration of Sumy Oblast reported on Telegram.The Ukrainian counter-offensive “don’t go so fast”, Admitted Friday Andriy Yermak, chief of staff of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, who spoke to journalists. He also ruled out any negotiations with Moscow as long as Russian troops are on Ukrainian territory. A spokesman for the Ukrainian army, however, reported a progression of 1.7 kilometers in a week towards Melitopol, on the southern front.Wagner Group mercenaries are in Belaruswhere they are responsible for training members of the territorial defense in a camp located near Osipovichi, assures the Belarusian military news channel VoenTV.The Russian army has withdrawn almost all of its troops from Belarusannouncement Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian border guards. The Belarusian territory was, according to him, mainly used as a training ground.“At this time, we do not see Wagner’s forces participating significantly in combat operations in Ukraine”said the spokesman for the Pentagon, General Pat Ryder, during a press conference.Vladimir Putin claims he offered Wagner Group men to serve under someone else’s official command, and that their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, turned down the offer after his abortive mutiny. In an interview with the Russian newspaper Kommersant published Thursday evening, the Russian president gave details of his meeting, on June 29 in the Kremlin, with Mr. Prigojine and the commanders of the Wagner Group.

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